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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 上 |
うえ |
(adj-no,n-adv,n,n-suf) above; over; on top of; up; upper part; summit; surface; far better; higher; (in) authority; as far as ... is concerned; besides; after; emperor; sovereign; upon (examination); influence of (liquor); lord; shogun; superior; my dear (father) |
59 |
| 上 |
うわ |
(n,pref) upper; upward; outer; surface; top |
59 |
| 上 |
かみ |
(n) top; head; upper part; upper stream; emperor; a superior; upper part of the body; the above |
59 |
| 上 |
しょう |
upper part; government |
59 |
| 上 |
じょう |
(n,pref,suf) (1) first volume; (2) superior quality; (3) governmental; imperial; top; best; high class; going up; presenting; showing; aboard a ship or vehicle; from the standpoint of; as a matter of (fact) |
59 |
| 国 |
くに |
(n) country |
66 |
| 国道 |
こくどう |
(n) national highway |
165 |
| 開始 |
かいし |
(n,vs) start; commencement; beginning |
184 |
| 発売 |
はつばい |
(n,vs) sale |
187 |
| 開発 |
かいはつ |
(n) development; exploitation |
198 |
| 国際 |
こくさい |
(n) international |
200 |
| 以上 |
いじょう |
(n-adv,n-t) more than; exceeding; greater than; this is all; over; above; and up; beyond; the above-mentioned; since; as long as; the end |
225 |
| 中国 |
ちゅうごく |
(n) (1) China; (2) South-west most region of Honshu; middle of a country; the Hiroshima area |
262 |
| アメリカ合衆国 |
アメリカがっしゅうこく |
the United States of America |
351 |
| 全国 |
ぜんこく |
(n) country-wide; nation-wide; whole country; national |
382 |
| 全国 |
ぜんごく |
(n) country-wide; nation-wide; whole country; national |
382 |
| 発表 |
はっぴょう |
(n,vs) announcement; publication |
429 |
| 開業 |
かいぎょう |
(n) opening of business or practice |
435 |
| 開催 |
かいさい |
(n,vs) holding a meeting; open an exhibition |
453 |
| 国鉄 |
こくてつ |
national railway |
478 |
| 発生 |
はっせい |
(n,vs) outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; origin |
485 |
| 国内 |
こくない |
(n) internal; domestic |
574 |
| 帝国 |
ていこく |
(n) empire; imperial |
635 |
| 国家 |
こっか |
(n) state; country; nation |
666 |
| 公開 |
こうかい |
(n,vs) presenting to the public |
711 |
| 韓国 |
かんこく |
(n) (South) Korea |
791 |
| 発見 |
はっけん |
(n,vs) discovery; detection; finding |
796 |
| 発行 |
はっこう |
(n) issue (publications) |
824 |
| 王国 |
おうこく |
(n) kingdom; monarchy |
852 |
| 地上 |
ちじょう |
(n) above ground |
890 |
| 展開 |
てんかい |
(n,vs) develop; expansion (opposite of compression) |
891 |
| 国立 |
こくりつ |
(n) national |
904 |
| 国民 |
こくみん |
(n) national; people; citizen |
923 |
| 発展 |
はってん |
(n,vs) development; growth |
1000 |
| 陸上 |
りくじょう |
(n) land; ground; shore |
1002 |
| 途中 |
つちゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) on the way; en route; midway |
1022 |
| 途中 |
とちゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) on the way; en route; midway |
1022 |
| 上記 |
じょうき |
(adj-no,n) above mentioned |
1030 |
| 戦国 |
せんごく |
(n) belligerent country; country in civil war |
1121 |
| 発 |
はつ |
(n,suf) departure; beginning; counter for gunshots |
1151 |
| 開通 |
かいつう |
(n,vs) opening; open |
1172 |
| 外国 |
がいこく |
(n) foreign country |
1193 |
| 開く |
あく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to open; to become open; to become empty |
1260 |
| 開く |
ひらく |
(v5k) to open (e.g. a festival) |
1260 |
| 発足 |
はっそく |
(n) starting; inauguration |
1264 |
| 発足 |
ほっそく |
(n) starting; inauguration |
1264 |
| 発言 |
はつげん |
(n) utterance; speech; proposal |
1270 |
| 開設 |
かいせつ |
(n,vs) establishment; opening |
1308 |
| 国有 |
こくゆう |
(n) national ownership |
1340 |
| 米国 |
べいこく |
America; U.S.A. |
1443 |
| 発電 |
はつでん |
(n,vs) generation (e.g. power) |
1492 |
| 四国 |
しこく |
(n) one of the four main islands of Japan |
1527 |
| 各国 |
かっこく |
(n) each nation |
1595 |
| 向上 |
こうじょう |
(n,vs) elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress |
1623 |
| 上げる |
あげる |
(v1) to give; to raise; to elevate; to fly (kites); to praise; to increase; to advance; to promote; to vomit; to usher in; to admit; to send (to school); to offer; to present; to leave with; to finish; to arrange (expenses); to observe; to perform; to quote; to mention; to bear (a child); to improve (talents); to do up (the hair); to arrest; to engage; to fry; (rains) to stop |
1635 |
| 上り |
のぼり |
(n) up-train (going to Tokyo); ascent |
1666 |
| 史上 |
しじょう |
(adj-no,n-adv,n-t) historical |
1673 |
| 国土 |
こくど |
(n) realm |
1683 |
| 国会 |
こっかい |
(n) National Diet; parliament; congress |
1687 |
| 発着 |
はっちゃく |
(n) arrival and departure |
1710 |
| 上野 |
うえの |
section of Tokyo |
1744 |
| 発射 |
はっしゃ |
(n,vs) firing; shooting; discharge; catapult |
1973 |
| 上場 |
じょうじょう |
(n,vs) listing a stock |
2041 |
| 海上 |
かいじょう |
(n) maritime |
2043 |
| 上がる |
あがる |
(v5r) (1) to enter; to go up; to rise; to climb up; to advance; to appreciate; to be promoted; to improve; to call on; to be offered; to accrue |
2089 |
| 中華人民共和国 |
ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく |
People's Republic of China; Communist China |
2105 |
| 売上 |
うりあげ |
(n) amount sold; proceeds |
2109 |
| 爆発 |
ばくはつ |
(n,vs) explosion; detonation; eruption |
2178 |
| 発達 |
はったつ |
(n,vs) development; growth |
2185 |
| 上位 |
じょうい |
(n) superior (rank not class); higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device) |
2224 |
| 開局 |
かいきょく |
(n) opening of post-office or telephone exchange |
2302 |
| 国王 |
こくおう |
(n) king |
2397 |
| 英国 |
えいこく |
England |
2408 |
| 諸国 |
しょこく |
(n) various countries |
2415 |
| 上田 |
じょうでん |
(n) high rice field; very fertile rice field |
2445 |
| 再開 |
さいかい |
(n) reopening; resumption |
2471 |
| 国籍 |
こくせき |
(n) nationality |
2500 |
| 用途 |
ようと |
(n) use; usefulness |
2564 |
| 上昇 |
じょうしょう |
(n,vs) rising; ascending; climbing |
2573 |
| 発音 |
はつおん |
(n,vs) pronunciation |
2587 |
| 帰国 |
きこく |
(n,vs) return to country |
2598 |
| 取り上げる |
とりあげる |
(v1) to take up; to pick up; to disqualify; to confiscate; to deprive |
2704 |
| 上下 |
うえした |
(n) high and low; up and down; unloading and loading; praising and blaming |
2752 |
| 上下 |
かみしも |
(n) samurai garb; an old ceremonial garb; the government and the people; the upper and the lower parts of the body |
2752 |
| 上下 |
しょうか |
(n) high and low; the government and the people; going up and down |
2752 |
| 上下 |
じょうげ |
(n,vs) high and low; up and down; unloading and loading; praising and blaming |
2752 |
| 発揮 |
はっき |
(n,vs) exhibition; demonstration; utilization; display |
2776 |
| 大韓民国 |
だいかんみんこく |
Republic of Korea |
2919 |
| 発明 |
はつめい |
(n,vs) invention |
3043 |
| ローマ帝国 |
ローマていこく |
(n) Roman Empire |
3164 |
| 国旗 |
こっき |
(n) national flag |
3189 |
| 開幕 |
かいまく |
(n) raising the curtain |
3451 |
| 川上 |
かわかみ |
(n) upper reaches of a river |
3474 |
| 上海 |
しゃんはい |
Shanghai (China) |
3524 |
| 開校 |
かいこう |
(n) opening a school |
3554 |
| 国境 |
くにざかい |
(n) national or state border |
3646 |
| 国境 |
こっきょう |
(n) national or state border |
3646 |
| 開放 |
かいほう |
(n,vs) open; throw open; liberalization |
3656 |
| 上部 |
じょうぶ |
(n) top part; surface |
3675 |
| 天国 |
てんごく |
(n) paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven |
3684 |
| 出発 |
しゅっぱつ |
(n,vs) departure |
3703 |
| 上陸 |
じょうりく |
(n,vs) landing; disembarkation |
3715 |
| 中華民国 |
ちゅうかみんこく |
Chinese Republic (Taiwan) |
3725 |
| 水上 |
すいじょう |
(n) aquatic; on the water |
3729 |
| 水上 |
みなかみ |
(n) headwaters; source |
3729 |
| 反発 |
はんぱつ |
(n,vs) repelling; rebound; recover; oppose |
3797 |
| 公国 |
こうこく |
(n) dukedom; duchy; principality |
3855 |
| 上映 |
じょうえい |
(n) screen projection |
4018 |
| 上回る |
うわまわる |
(v5r) to exceed |
4151 |
| 三国志 |
さんごくし |
Annals of the Three Kingdoms |
4239 |
| 国連 |
こくれん |
(n) U.N.; United Nations |
4260 |
| 国名 |
こくめい |
(n) country name |
4267 |
| 上越 |
じょうえつ |
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata |
4288 |
| 発掘 |
はっくつ |
(n,vs) (1) excavation; exhumation; (2) discovery (e.g. new talent) |
4337 |
| 建国 |
けんこく |
(n) founding of a nation |
4345 |
| 開拓 |
かいたく |
(n,vs) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation; pioneer |
4489 |
| 発車 |
はっしゃ |
(n) departure of a vehicle |
4560 |
| 先発 |
せんぱつ |
(n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead |
4569 |
| 発動 |
はつどう |
(n,vs) invoke (law); put into operation |
4589 |
| 両国 |
りょうこく |
(n) both countries |
4620 |
| 両国 |
りょうごく |
(n) both countries |
4620 |
| 開ける |
あける |
(v1) to open |
4628 |
| 開ける |
ひらける |
(v1) to become civilized; to become opened up; be up-to-date |
4628 |
| 同上 |
どうじょう |
(n) same as above; ditto; ibid. |
4658 |
| 始発 |
しはつ |
(n) first train |
4714 |
| 上級 |
じょうきゅう |
(n) advanced level; high grade; senior |
4716 |
| 発覚 |
はっかく |
(n,vs) detection; coming to light |
4718 |
| 活発 |
かっぱつ |
(adj-na,n) vigor; active |
4738 |
| 国外 |
こくがい |
(n) outside the country |
4778 |
| 勃発 |
ぼっぱつ |
(n,vs) outbreak (e.g. war); outburst; sudden occurrence |
4785 |
| 国語 |
こくご |
(n) national language |
4832 |
| 上流 |
じょうりゅう |
(n) upper stream; upper classes |
4835 |
| 打ち上げる |
うちあげる |
(v1) to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish; to close |
4868 |
| 北上 |
ほくじょう |
(n) going north |
4933 |
| 国宝 |
こくほう |
(n) national treasure |
4960 |
| 上演 |
じょうえん |
(n,vs) performance (e.g. music) |
5030 |
| 発する |
はっする |
(vs-s) to fire (a gun); to emit; to give forth |
5032 |
| 開店 |
かいてん |
(n,vs) (grand) opening of shop |
5040 |
| 発祥 |
はっしょう |
(n) origin; appearance of auspicious omen |
5051 |
| 国防 |
こくぼう |
(n) national defence |
5223 |
| 売り上げ |
うりあげ |
(n) amount sold; proceeds |
5228 |
| 上京 |
じょうきょう |
(n,vs) proceeding to the capital (Tokyo) |
5348 |
| 上院 |
しょういん |
(n) Upper House; Senate; Lords |
5369 |
| 上院 |
じょういん |
(n) Upper House; Senate; Lords |
5369 |
| 上る |
のぼる |
(v5r) to rise; to ascend; to be promoted; to go up; to climb; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda) |
5483 |
| 国歌 |
こっか |
(n) national anthem |
5523 |
| 上方 |
かみがた |
(n) Kyoto and vicinity; upper region or part |
5536 |
| 上方 |
じょうほう |
(n) Kyoto and vicinity; upper region or part |
5536 |
| 国産 |
こくさん |
(n) domestic products |
5563 |
| 多発 |
たはつ |
(n) repeated occurrence |
5585 |